Mini buses began plying on some routes in the city on Monday while railways conducted two successful trial runs on the Srinagar-Baramulla stretch ahead of resumption of the train service on Tuesday, officials said.
The train service has been suspended since August 5 when the Centre decided to abrogate Article 370 .
A railway official told PTI that railways conducted the trial run of the service for the first time in over three months since the shutdown in the valley. Two successful trial runs were conducted on the stretch after conducting a thorough safety audit of the line.
The train service on Srinagar-Baramulla stretch will resume on Tuesday, while Srinagar-Banihal train service will resume in a few days after checking the track safety and conducting trial runs, he said.
Officials said that on Monday few mini-buses plied on Batwara-Batamaloo route through the city centre for the first time since August 5.
Inter-district cabs and auto-rickshaws also plied in the city and elsewhere in the valley, they added.
The officials said private transport was plying unhindered and several areas of the city witnessed traffic jams.
The Traffic Department has deployed additional personnel on duty to regulate traffic flow.
Markets opened only for few hours in the morning and downed their shutters around noon, the officials said.
Prepaid mobile phones and all Internet services continued to remain suspended since August 5.
Most of the top-level and second rung separatist politicians have been taken into preventive custody while mainstream leaders including two former chief ministers — Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti — have been either detained or placed under house arrest.
The government has detained former Chief Minister and sitting Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah under the controversial Public Safety Act.
